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Background

Many teachers are committed to the IPM teaching approach and to the materials. Since the initial development of the IPM materials, however, there have been significant changes in the teaching of primary mathematics in the UK. There is now a need for an updated version to reflect these developments.

For the last four years, we have been trialling a revised edition of the teaching materials for use with pupils in Years 1, 2, 3 and 4. We call these the New IPM. These are completely in line with the year-on-year expectations and requirements as set out in the Primary Framework for mathematics (2006). These lesson materials are available for purchase now. These materials are on CDs. New IPM lesson materials for use with pupils in Years 5 and 6 will be available from 2011.

New IPM remains strongly focused on a step-by-step approach using significant amounts of whole class-teaching. The teaching materials are now more episodic and more activity-based. The lessons now consist of a greater number of shorter sections, which believe, is better for pupils’ concentration and retention of learning.

Other changes include:

• Lesson materials are now provided for all five lessons each week (the original materials provided for four lessons each week)
• Extension activities for higher attaining pupils are included in virtually every lesson
• There is a balance between games and practical activities, which stimulate learning, and written practice, which is useful for monitoring and assessment.

Starter activities: A quick, fun start to each lesson is essential, and this is achieved through the use a starter activity, designed to revise quickly knowledge needed for the learning content of the particular lesson.

In response to demand, we have also produced books of Starter Activities for each of the year groups 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5. These have been extremely popular with teachers. They provide a bank of tried and tested starter activities to hand for year group. A similar book of starter activities will also be published for pupils in Year 6.